Foreshadowing what may be one of many fights in the coming year in Washington, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced a bill that would end taxpayer funding to public radio and television. “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting refuses to give us fair, unbiased content,” says Kennedy, who says his legislation would save taxpayer money by ending what he calls “Big Brother’s propaganda outlet” in a social media post.
The proposed No Propaganda Act is a companion to a bill (H.R.8053) introduced earlier by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) that would not only zero out future funding to public media, but also rescind earlier advance authorizations. That practice has been in government funding bills since 1975 to allow public broadcasters enough lead time to place and produce future programming. Will Kennedy and others finally deliver on a years-long promise by conservatives to end public media support?
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